A group of 315 Venezuelan migrants were repatriated on Thursday to their country on a flight from Mexico, the twentieth with migrants who have landed in Venezuela since last February, the Interior Ministry reported on its social networks.

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The plane, which landed at the Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, La Guaira State, flew a repatriated contingent of 102 men, 95 women and 118 children, forming entire family units.

Authorities reported that 36 of the returnees have criminal records and more than four individuals are registered and requested by Interpol.

On Wednesday evening, a flight arrived at the Maiquetía Simón Bolívar International Airport in La Guaria state from Honduras as part of this program, promoted in 2018 by President Nicolás Maduro, which seeks to facilitate the return of Venezuelan migrants who are in various countries.

According to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Justice and Peace, Diosdado Cabello, initially it was expected that 244 nationals would arrive on this flight, but only 71 arrived.

The Venezuelan government has been demanding the return of a two-year-old girl who, he says, was kidnapped by US authorities when she was boarding a repatriation flight that arrived in the Caribbean country on 25 April.

The little girl, according to a note released by the office of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro last April, was separated from her mother, so the administration of President Nicolas Maduro announced that it will resort to all legal mechanisms, politicians, diplomats to be returned.

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